People / group

Karluks

The Karluks were a Turkic people of Central Asia. In 744 CE, together with the Uyghurs and Basmyls, they seized the Gokturk centre at Ötüken and killed the last Gokturk khagan. This ended the Gokturk Empire.

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Karluk Yabgu

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Karluks. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karluks
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